Advanced Practice Nurse-Deputy Chief Health Informatics Officer

Duties

• Program Management
• Administrative/Supervisory
• Serves on assigned medical center committees
• Supports clinical operations
• Develops and oversees development of information related to patient care
• Extracts, analyzes, and provides data to assess treatment impacts
• Customizes menus, progress note titles and templates, order sets, clinical reminders, consults, health summaries, parameter settings for view alerts and notifications
• Performs analyses of projects incorporating broad knowledge of all technical, administrative, and clinical impacts and makes reports and recommendations to management
• Serves as a knowledge expert for the electronic health record and associated clinical software
• Serves as a leader in change management
• Evaluates circumstances where new operational procedures are needed and where health information systems require revision
• Develops implementation plans for new software releases/applications and updates
• Guides the evolution of clinical software/data and processes
• Serves as a project leader or team member
• Works through and with interdisciplinary teams to complete health information system initiatives

Qualifications

• NP is a licensed independent practitioner with advanced education and national certification
• Exercises expertise in clinical operations
• Develops and/or oversees the development of information related to patient care
• Assesses and evaluates both inpatient and outpatient care processes
• Customizes menus, progress note titles and templates, order sets, clinical reminders, consults, health summaries, parameter settings for view alerts and notifications
• Performs analyses of projects incorporating broad knowledge of all technical, administrative, and clinical impacts and makes reports and recommendations to management
• Serves as a knowledge expert for the electronic health record and associated clinical software
• Serves as a leader in change management
• Evaluates circumstances where new operational procedures are needed and where health information systems require revision
• Develops implementation plans for new software releases/applications and updates
• Guides the evolution of clinical software/data and processes
• Serves as a project leader or team member
• Works through and with interdisciplinary teams to complete health information system initiatives

Skills

• Expertise in clinical operations
• Ability to develop and oversee the development of information related to patient care
• Ability to assess and evaluate both inpatient and outpatient care processes
• Ability to customize menus, progress note titles and templates, order sets, clinical reminders, consults, health summaries, parameter settings for view alerts and notifications
• Ability to perform analyses of projects incorporating broad knowledge of all technical, administrative, and clinical impacts and make reports and recommendations to management
• Knowledge of the electronic health record and associated clinical software
• Leadership skills in change management
• Ability to evaluate circumstances where new operational procedures are needed and where health information systems require revision
• Ability to develop implementation plans for new software releases/applications and updates
• Ability to guide the evolution of clinical software/data and processes
• Ability to work through and with interdisciplinary teams to complete health information system initiatives

Benefits

• VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards
• Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday - 8:00am-4:30pm
• Telework: Ad-hoc
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
• Pay Schedule: NF46